Yi Syllable Vup

For one glyph, use a Unicode character map; for longer Yi text, use a Yi input method. An emoji keyboard is not the route for this text character. In HTML, ꃷ inserts ꃷ; if your character map accepts code-point search, look up U+A0F7. A font with Yi coverage is still needed to display it.

What does ꃷ mean?

It is a syllable written in Yi; context supplies its reading. In the modern Liangshan standard, vup is the romanized label for this syllable, not a standalone picture or reaction.

A surviving Yi inscription on a bronze bell is dated to 1485, a witness to the script rather than an origin date for this individual syllable. Bimo, Yi priests, copied traditional texts for religious, magical, medical, and genealogical work. The modern Liangshan standard was devised in 1974 and officially promulgated in 1980; afterward, Yi writing appeared in official documents, newspapers, and literature. The Yi script tradition is distinct from Han-derived scripts, while the Liangshan standard draws on older regional Yi forms.

Is ꃷ an emoji?

No. It is a Yi text character, not a general-purpose reaction. Sent alone to someone who cannot read Yi, it is simply unexplained writing.